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Should there be a $99 Chromebook?

ITworld; By Jim Lynch (Posted by jimlynch on Jul 20, 2015 3:17 PM EDT)
Story Type: News Story, Roundups; Groups: Android, Debian, Distributions, Linux, Mobile

In today's open source roundup: Would you buy a $99 Chromebook? Plus: DistroWatch reviews SolydXK 201506. And North Korea's version of Linux includes a serial content tracker.

HBO Now comes to Android devices

ITworld; By Jim Lynch (Posted by jimlynch on Jul 16, 2015 6:56 PM EDT)
Story Type: News Story, Roundups; Groups: Android, Games

In today's open source roundup: Watch HBO on your Android device. Plus: LinuxGames.com is shutting down. And The Apotheosis Project game released on Steam.

Asus Chromebook Flip review

ITworld; By Jim Lynch (Posted by jimlynch on Jul 15, 2015 12:25 PM EDT)
Story Type: News Story, Roundups; Groups: Cloud, Distributions, Linux, Mobile

In today's open source roundup: Ars reviews the Chromebook Flip. Plus: System76 stops pre-installing Flash on Linux laptops. And the best Linux distros for beginners.

OS X versus Linux: Which is more practical?

ITworld; By Jim Lynch (Posted by jimlynch on Jul 14, 2015 1:28 PM EDT)
Story Type: News Story, Roundups; Groups: Linux, Mozilla

In today's open source roundup: Is OS X a better choice than Linux? Plus: Mozilla blocks Flash in Firefox. And how to disable Flash in Chrome, Safari and Firefox.

Five lightweight Linux desktop environments

ITworld; By Jim Lynch (Posted by jimlynch on Jul 13, 2015 7:38 PM EDT)
Story Type: News Story, Roundups; Groups: Distributions, Linux, Mint

In today's open source roundup: Five of the best lightweight desktops for Linux. Plus: Ars Technica reviews Linux Mint 17.2. And DistroWatch reviews Semplice Linux 7.

The five best desktop environments for Linux

ITworld; By Jim Lynch (Posted by jimlynch on Jul 8, 2015 9:17 PM EDT)
Story Type: News Story, Roundups; Groups: Android, Debian, Developer, Distributions, Linux

In today's open source roundup: Five of the best desktop environments for Linux. Plus: Debian will switch from Libav to FFmpeg. And Samsung launches a clamshell Android phone in China.

Will Firefox changes win back users and developers?

ITworld; By Jim Lynch (Posted by jimlynch on Jul 7, 2015 4:01 PM EDT)
Story Type: News Story, Roundups; Groups: Apache, Linux, Mozilla

In today's open source roundup: Big changes are in the works for Firefox. Plus: Android malware increases significantly. And one million new lines of code added to Linux kernel in 4.2 rc1.

Reddit users want CEO Ellen Pao fired

ITworld; By Jim Lynch (Posted by jimlynch on Jul 6, 2015 11:24 PM EDT)
Story Type: News Story, Roundups; Groups: Cloud, Community, Distributions, Mozilla

In today's open source roundup: Angry Reddit users want a new CEO. Plus: DistroWatch reviews Alpine Linux 3.2.0. And Firefox 40 will bring improved scrolling and other enhancements.

Reddit moderators in revolt, Reddit on lockdown

Itworld; By Jim Lynch (Posted by jimlynch on Jul 3, 2015 11:28 AM EDT)
Story Type: News Story, Roundups; Groups: Cloud, Community

In today's open source roundup: Reddit moderators strike back against the site's management. Plus: Voat.co slammed with traffic, asks for bitcoin donations. And Voat.co redditors discuss the new onslaught of Reddit traffic.

YouTube for Android now supports 60 FPS video

ITworld; By Jim Lynch (Posted by jimlynch on Jul 1, 2015 7:35 PM EDT)
Story Type: News Story, Roundups; Groups: Android, Distributions, Mint, Ubuntu

In today's open source roundup: Android users can now view 60 FPS video on YouTube. Plus: Why Ubuntu is moving to Snappy for packages. And Linux Mint 17.2 released.

Has Google become Microsoft?

ITworld; By Jim Lynch (Posted by jimlynch on Jun 30, 2015 7:46 PM EDT)
Story Type: News Story, Roundups; Groups: Android, Cloud, Debian, Microsoft, Mobile

In today's open source roundup: Google and Microsoft share some similarities. Plus: How to upgrade from Debian 7 to Debian 8. And Dropbox versus Google Drive.

Windows versus Linux for businesses

ITworld; By Jim Lynch (Posted by jimlynch on Jun 25, 2015 1:45 PM EDT)
Story Type: News Story, Roundups; Groups: Distributions, Games, Linux, Microsoft

In today's open source roundup: Is Linux a better bet for businesses? Plus: FOSS Force reviews Mageia 5. And the bestselling games on Steam for Linux.

DuckDuckGo blows past 10 million daily searches

ITworld; By Jim Lynch (Posted by jimlynch on Jun 25, 2015 5:11 AM EDT)
Story Type: News Story, Roundups; Groups: Android, Cloud, Ubuntu

In today's open source roundup: DuckDuckGo hits a new high in daily searches. Plus: Three Ubuntu Linux phones you can buy. And Microsoft Office is now available for Android.

Linux Kernel 4.1 LTS released

ITworld; By Jim Lynch (Posted by jimlynch on Jun 22, 2015 3:09 PM EDT)
Story Type: News Story, Roundups; Groups: Android, Distributions, Kernel, Linux, Mageia

In today's open source roundup: Linus has released Linux Kernel 4.1 LTS. Plus: Download Mageia 5. And can Android save the Blackberry?

Voat.co servers shut down because of politically incorrect content

ITworld; By Jim Lynch (Posted by jimlynch on Jun 19, 2015 6:06 PM EDT)
Story Type: News Story, Roundups; Groups: Cloud, Community, Developer

In today's open source roundup: Voat.co servers were shut down because of politically incorrect content. Plus: Transphobia controversy engulfs Opal project on GitHub. And is the Dark Web mostly a myth?

elementary OS says goodbye to SourceForge

ITworld; By Jim Lynch (Posted by jimlynch on Jun 18, 2015 6:04 PM EDT)
Story Type: News Story, Roundups; Groups: Distributions, Linux, Mobile

In today's open source roundup: elementary OS leaves SourceForge for new hosting. Plus: First impressions of a Chromebook from a Linux user. And which Chromebook should a university student buy?

Will Linux survive the death of Linus Torvalds?

ITworld; By Jim Lynch (Posted by jimlynch on Jun 17, 2015 2:39 PM EDT)
Story Type: News Story, Roundups; Groups: Community, Linux

In today's open source roundup: What would happen to Linux if Linus died? Plus: The Linux Foundation's scholarship program. And Tor Browser 4.5.2 released.

Linux Mint 17.2 Rafaela available for download

ITworld; By Jim Lynch (Posted by jimlynch on Jun 16, 2015 6:13 PM EDT)
Story Type: News Story, Roundups; Groups: Developer, Distributions, Linux, Mint

In today's open source roundup: Download the release candidate for Linux Mint 17.2. Plus: How to defrag your Linux computer. And a guide to understanding systemd.

Chromixium OS 1.0 review

ITworld; By Jim Lynch (Posted by jimlynch on Jun 15, 2015 6:31 PM EDT)
Story Type: News Story, Roundups; Groups: Debian, Games

In today's open source roundup: DistroWatch reviews Chromixium OS 1.0. Plus: Steam adds more Linux games to huge summer sale. And three ways to improve Debian Linux.

The slow death of SourceForge

ITworld; By Jim Lynch (Posted by jimlynch on Jun 12, 2015 4:37 PM EDT)
Story Type: News Story, Roundups; Groups: Cloud, Community, Linux

In today's open source roundup: SourceForge may have lingered for too long. Plus: It's time for developers and users to move on from SourceForge. And redditors discuss the tactics of SourceForge.

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